Turkey’s search for an antithetical foreign policy
Translated by: Selin Çetin Hello, good day, hope you had a good week. Today, on “Transatlantic”, we will mainly scrutinize a single topic with Gönül Tol, which is: the new pursuits to revise Turkey’s foreign policy. Actually, to be more precise, this search is for a complete 180-degree shift from the current existing policy. I […]
This Week in Turkey (154): with Emma Sinclair-Webb on the Gezi Trial and Osman Kavala’s re-arrest
This Week in Turkey’s guest was the Turkey director for Human Rights Watch, Emma Sinclair-Webb. Ms. Sinclair-Webb evaluated the Gezi Trial and the subsequent re-arrest of Osman Kavala on different charges hours after his acquittal. She reflected on what this revealed about the judicial system in Turkey.
Libya’s proxy war and its future – Interview with Emadeddin Badi
The fifth installment of the Foreign Policy Talks co-organized by Istanbul Political Research Institute (IstanPol) and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Turkey Representation focused on Turkey’s foreign policy towards the Libyan conflict and its various aspects with the participation of Political Analyst Emadeddin Badi from Middle East Institute. Journalist Şebnem Arsu interviewed Badi, who discussed Libya’s proxy war and its future.
Interview with Nicholas Danforth: “The US is not in a position to really help Ankara in Idlib, even if that would win back Turkey”
Işın Eliçin spoke to Nicholas Danforth, a senior visiting Fellow for the German Marshall Fund, about the strained Turkey-US relations and asked whether there is an opportunity for improvement in the light of the latest tensions between Ankara and Moscow.
This Week in Turkey (148): with Galip Dalay on the effects of Soleimani’s assassination in Turkey
This Week in Turkey‘s guest was Galip Dalay, a guest lecturer at Oxford University. Mr. Dalay evaluated the effects Qassem Soleimani’s assassination will have on Turkey and the region at large. He speculated on the possible stance of Turkey and how this will influence the country’s relationship with Arab nations and the USA. Furthermore, Mr. […]
Erdoğan’s foreign policy: Being defiant without standing up straight
Translated by: Mert Erinç, Cansu Şafak, Sinan Akgünay, Edgar Şar, Alphan Telek, Aylin Yardımcı Edited by: Melissa Clissold Subtitles: Elif Akbıyık
